Key-ring hook.



W. N. MORRlSON.

KEY R\N6 HOOK. mwucmou FILED MA'HZ. um.

WILIQIAM N. monnrson, or ST. LOUIS, mssourar.

KEY-RING HOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb.

Application filed May 12, 1917. Serial No. 168,158.

To all whome't may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM N. Monnr soN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Key-Ring Hooks, of which the following isa full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention relates to a key ring hook, the principal objects of myinvention being to provide a comparatively simple device which issecured to and suspended from a belt, said belt being constructed so asto hold in a secure manner a key ring or the like; further, to provide adevice which will permit the ready attachment or removal of the key ringand the keys carried thereby, and, further, to construct the device froma single piece of material thereby simplifying and minimizing the costof manufacture.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, my invention consists incertain novel features of construction hereinafter more fully described,claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1is a view of the blank metal section from which my improved key ringholder i formed.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder in position on a belt.

Fig. 3 is a front perspective view of the holder; and

Fig. 4 is a rear holder.

As will be noted in the drawings the holder is formed from a singlepiece of suitable sheet metal, the same being cut preferably by means ofdies, to the shape as illustrated by Fig. 1. The blank thus formedcomprises a main body portion 10, from one end of which projects atongue 11. The opposite end portion of the body 10 is provided withlongitudinally extending parallel slits 12, thereby forming a pair ofside strips 13 and a central strip or ton e 14, the latter beingextended for a suitab e distance beyond the ends of said side strips.

The outer end of the tongue 11 is bent to form a substantial U-shapedhook 15 which occupies a position below and in front of the body portion10 when the latter is in its normal or vertical position. The upper freeperspective view of said edge of the hook 15 is beveled inwardly anddownwardly as designated by 16. The strips 13 are bent forwardly anddownwardly to positions in front of the body 10 and the end portions of17 of said strips are bent rear- Wardly so as to occupy a planesubstantially at right angles to that occupied by the body 10. The endsof these portions 17 bear directly against the front face of the body10.

The strip or tongue 14 is bent forwardly and downwardly with respect tothe body 10 so as to occupy the same plane with the strips 13, and theend portion 18 of said tongue extends downwardly in front of the upperportion of strip 11. The lower end of this portion 18 is beveled, asdesignated by 19, and bears directly against the beveled edge 16 on theupper end of hook 15. The metal of which the device is formed isresilient to a certain degree and thus the strip or tongue 14 forms afiat spring which may be sprung rearwardly to permit the key ring to beengaged upon or removed from the hook 15. To insure the necessaryresiliency for this spring tongue the slits 12 are made of suflicientlength to extend downward on the back of the device for a substantialdistance below the points where the strips 13 and 14 are bent. Thus theupper portion of the device constitutes a horizontally disposed loopwhich receives the belt from which said device is suspended and thelower portion of said device is formed into a key ring receiving hookwhich is normally closed by a spring tongue.

A key ring hook of my improved construction is very simple, can beeasily and cheaply manufactured and provides effective means whereby akey ring and keys may be safely and conveniently carried.

I claim- 1. A device of the class described formed from a single pieceof metal and comprising a body portion, a key ring receiving hookdepending therefrom, the upper portion of the body being slottedlengthwise to form parallel strips, certain of which are bent to formbelt receiving loops, and the remaining strip being extended downwardbelow the belt receiving loops to form a spring tongue which normallycloses the key ring receiving hook.

2. A device of the class described comprising a flat metal body portion,a key ring reward to form a spring tongue, the lower ceiving hogkdepending from one end thereend of which bears against the free upperof, the ,upper lportiqn 30f said bedy being endof thetkey ring receivinghook. 10 slotted to form parallel strips, the side mem- In testimonywhereof I hereunto aflix my bers of which are bent downward in frontsignature this 7th day of May, 1917.

of the body to form belt receiving loops and the central member beingextended down- WILLIAM N. MORRISON.

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